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What challenges do 6-7-year-olds face as they learn new skills and face different social situations? How do their perceptions of the world change? How can we best support them in their move towards greater independence? This accessible book provides a wealth of information to help parents, educators and carers better relate to children at this exciting, yet demanding, stage of development. From the new-found sense of rivalry between siblings or classmates, to the anxieties children feel when making new friends, Corinne Aves offers guidance on encouraging children’s development and helping them to cope with changing expectations of their behaviour. She discusses the various struggles in these children’s lives – such as the conflict between a child’s continuing desire to please his parents and the pressure to follow the leads of his friends – and gives tips for supporting children’s increasing understanding of morality. Chapters on both school and family life explain the need for discipline and order in ‘middle childhood’, while specific areas of development such as reading skills and learning difficulties are addressed with sensitivity and insight. “Understanding 6-7-Year-Olds” will prove an enlightening read for anyone hoping to better understand children at this important stage of their lives.

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Created by the author of Girl Wars and Surviving Ophelia, this program takes creativity and art and blends it with the three steps to build relationships and overcome “bullying” or relational aggression. These activities use three steps: Educate, Relate and Integrate to help teenage girls find alternatives to harmful behavior.

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This “thoughtful guide for parents” (Newsweek) offers a wealth of practical techniques to identify and communicate their own values about sexuality to their children. Whether discussing how to help kids with the onslaught of sexual messages they see in the media or providing sensible guidance on teaching about the body, Debra Haffner’s values-oriented approach is informative and comforting.<

Approved by Parents’ Choice, praised in Time, Newsweek, and Library Journal-a leading sexuality educator’s warm, practical, step-by-step program for helping parents provide accurate information and communicate their own values to their children. Millions of Americans know Debra Haffner from her appearances on Oprah, Dateline, Good Morning America, 20/20, and other national media such as Time, Newsweek, and USA Today. Whether she is discussing how to help kids deal with the onslaught of sexual messages they see in the media or providing sensible guidance on teaching the facts of life, Haffner’s values-oriented approach to raising sexually healthy children is informative and comforting. Organized from birth through age twelve, her acclaimed book offers a wealth of practical techniques to help parents identify and communicate their own values about sexuality to their children, while also suggesting to parents the appropriate information to give to children of different ages.

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This highly interactive workbook for parents, children and teachers is a valuable compliment to the national award winning book [i]Thinking OrganizedT for Parents and Children: Helping Kids Get Organized for Home, School and Play[/i].This time-saving guide..Supplies all the worksheets and instructions necessary to implement the Thinking OrganizedT Program.Provides the checklists, reward charts and worksheets in a clear, easy to use format with your children or students. Offers perforated sheets and extra copies ensure that everything you need is at your fingertips.Creates opportunities to receive the greatest value from this leading edge program for success at home, school and play for your child

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Imagine You Could Afford The World’s Best Coach For Your Child…Watch, listen to and feel what it is like as your child blossoms, discovers hidden talents and abilities, and develops an ever-deepening level of self-confidence. Notice how the coach is working. Marvel at the wonderful rapport coach and child share, how learning has become not only enjoyable, but also easier and faster. Well, imagine now you are that coach…Watch, listen to and feel what it is like as you work with your child, doing everything the coach did, and more! And, as you combine the deep love and respect you have for your child with the skills of the world’s best coach notice any barriers to achievement simply melting away for both of you as new and exciting possibilities present themselves. Welcome to The Coaching Parent! You hold in your hands the key to becoming your child’s personal, inspirational coach. This book provides all the tools and motivation you need to make the best use of the coaching opportunities that arise in your daily interactions with your child. Written for parents, step-parents, guardians, carers and grandparents this books presents you with proven techniques for relating to and helping the children in your care dramatically improve their life chances. Ideal for parents of children from pre-school to teenage years. Contains 45 ‘Coaching Flash Cards’ to copy and use with your children.

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For parents who worry that their child lacks a love of learning, or has been falling behind in a rigid “teach-to-the-test” classroom, here is an ultra-practical guide to help restore joy and independence to education. Linda Dobson is an educator and parent who has been at the forefront of the homeschooling boom. The Learning Coach, however, is not a homeschooling book, but rather a useful guide to honing in on children’s unique needs and inspiring them to learn. Her fresh approach, supported by current educational research, defies conventional wisdom by declaring that when it comes to learning, less is more: less pressure, more fun. Less scheduling, more free time. Dobson believes that success, in its many forms, results not by pushing children into activities but by creating an environment that encourages exploration, discovery, and curiosity. The role of the learning coach is to inspire and guide children’s experience to bring out their natural, unique “genius.”

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Passing along a passion for reading, like so many things we do as parents, happens somewhere in the push and pull of digging in and letting go, day in and day out, both because of and in spite of our efforts. During the years in which her children were learning to read, Jennie Nash’s desire for them to succeed sometimes strayed into desperation, her hope often morphed into obsession and instead of helping, her resolve got in the way. As we discover in the pages of this warm and witty book, the magic moments came in their own sweet time and through the grace needed to see each child as a unique individual. Each chapter of Raising a Reader ends with personal, practical tips that spring directly from the narrative. A com-prehensive appendix describes the books mentioned in the text, offering insight and inspiration for parents, teachers, and librarians.

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Encouraging Your Child’s Writing Talent brings a new perspective to teaching kids writing-one that helps parents encourage and cultivate a child’s creative insights and love of words through the writing process. The author introduces parents to the characteristics of the gifted writer, provides them with tips to include writing in day-to-day activities, and leads them through the process of setting up writing workshops within the home. Along the way, stories and insights from published writers and examples of children’s written musings show how the budding writer can be encouraged in his or her self-expression.

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